Domestic Box Office For March 1990
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretty Woman | $178,406,268 | 1,811 | $11,280,591 | 6.3% | 1,325 | Mar 23 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $135,265,915 | 2,377 | $25,398,367 | 18.8% | 2,006 | Mar 30 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | The Hunt for Red October | $122,012,643 | 1,817 | $17,161,835 | 14.1% | 1,225 | Mar 2 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $39,404,261 | 1,802 | $9,252,232 | 23.5% | 1,802 | Mar 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | House Party | $26,385,627 | 700 | $4,611,024 | 17.5% | 520 | Mar 9 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | Lord of the Flies | $13,985,225 | 919 | $4,410,457 | 31.5% | 888 | Mar 16 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Bad Influence | $12,626,043 | 1,300 | $3,822,019 | 30.3% | 1,298 | Mar 9 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 8 | Opportunity Knocks | $11,359,129 | 1,275 | $3,512,625 | 30.9% | 1,275 | Mar 30 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | Nuns on the Run | $10,959,015 | 702 | $658,835 | 6% | 76 | Mar 16 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Blue Steel | $8,217,997 | 1,307 | $2,895,744 | 35.2% | 1,307 | Mar 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | The Handmaid's Tale | $4,960,385 | 177 | $738,578 | 14.9% | 117 | Mar 9 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 12 | Lambada | $4,263,112 | 1,117 | $2,031,181 | 47.6% | 1,117 | Mar 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | A Shock to the System | $3,417,056 | 345 | $1,002,158 | 29.3% | 345 | Mar 23 | May 24 | Corsair Pictures |
| 14 | Blind Fury | $2,692,037 | 353 | $868,380 | 32.3% | 353 | Mar 16 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | Body Chemistry | $2,415,312 | 91 | $38,025 | 1.6% | 53 | Mar 9 | Jun 14 | Concorde Pictures |
| 16 | The Forbidden Dance | $1,823,154 | 637 | $720,864 | 39.5% | 637 | Mar 16 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | Too Beautiful for You | $1,776,440 | 29 | $31,208 | 1.8% | 1 | Mar 2 | Aug 23 | Orion Classics |
| 18 | The Last of the Finest | $1,531,489 | 424 | $551,876 | 36% | 424 | Mar 9 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 19 | Love at Large | $1,436,308 | - | - | - | - | Mar 9 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 20 | The Fourth War | $1,305,887 | 1,005 | $776,449 | 59.5% | 1,005 | Mar 23 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 21 | 22nd Annual International Tournée of Animation Film Festival | $768,304 | - | - | - | - | Mar 30 | - | Expanded Entertainment |
| 22 | Coupe de Ville | $715,983 | 170 | $66,871 | 9.3% | 7 | Mar 9 | - | Universal Pictures |
